Men’s Tennis Drops Tough 6-0 Loss to No. 55 TCU

The Islanders (12-8) and Horned Frogs (9-7) started out in singles action with TCU earning their first point of the day in No. 2 singles. Arnau Dachs, who is ranked No. 121 in the ITA singles rankings, topped Ricardo Mayagoitia 6-0, 6-3. Rodolfo Bustamante then defeated Javier Pujol, 6-4, 6-0, in No. 4 singles before Guillaume Rauseo fell to No. 107 Facundo Lugones, 6-2 and 7-6 (5) in the No. 3 slot. TCU clinched the match on court five after Trey Daniel garnered a straight-set victory, 6-4, 6-4, over Matt Westmoreland.

The Horned Frogs garnered the next two matches in three close sets. In No. 1 singles, Peter Nagy dropped a tight three-setter to No. 46 Nick Chappell. The junior came out strong to win 7-5 in the first set before coming up short 6-4 in the second set. In the third, Chappell edged Nagy 7-5 to hand Nagy just his third loss of the season in the No. 1 spot.

In the final singles match of the night, TCU's Andres Alfonzo squeezed past Philip Kuehnen in a super tiebreaker in the No. 6 spot. The freshman dropped the first set 6-4 before rallying back to win the second set 7-5. In the tiebreaker, Alfonzo defeated Kuehnen, 10-5.

The Islanders will now head to Austin, Texas, on Monday, March 31, to face No. 21 Oklahoma State.

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